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Sorcerer's Place Acronyms

Discussion in 'Sorcerous Sundries' started by Enagonios, Aug 1, 2004.

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    [​IMG] okay guys, could someone fill me in on what the most frequently used acronyms actually mean? I've figured out IRL-in real life and even AFAIK-as far as i know, but the others like IIRC mean what exactly? Throw me a frickin bone here people, I gotta learn the lingo haha
     
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    IMHO is in My Humble Opinion
    LOL is Laughing Out Loud
    RTFM is Read The [snip] Manual

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    BRA= Bahir Rules All (and it also means "good" in swedish)
     
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    DM - often means 'Deathmage', not 'Dungeon Master', although he would prefer that you took the effort to spell his whole name.

    Not that many people care what DM prefers.
     
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    But we used to have a Dungeon Master nick here as well, so sometimes people might also have meant him and not Deathmage or a D&D DM.

    Similarly, GM is Grey Magistrate rather than a Game Master. What else... Capital DR is Death Rabbit and not a butchered version of dr.

    Other acronyms are more easily connected with people's multi-word names for which they stand, such as DHB for Dark Haired Beauty.

    At any rate, in most cases it can be guessed from the context if someone means to use an acronym for some phrase or to refer to a multi-word nickname.
     
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    Yupz. You are Correct Chevmeister :p
    @Bahir: TRA you infidel!
    IIRC means If I Recall Correctly
    BRB means Be Right Back
    BBIAB means Be Back In A Bit
    AFK means Away From Keyboard
    BBL means Be Back Later
    Many more I'm sure, just read the guide to common acronyms and if you have anymore questions PM me and in the FAI (chatroom) there are always people that are willing to help (provided that there are people AT ALL but that's a different matter)
    Just ask and you'll learn.
    I did anyways.
    :borg:
     
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    SleepleSS stands for Sleepless Destroyer for those who are still wondering :p
     
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    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    Yea, ok, that's enough of this nonsense.
     
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